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SPORTS: Spying and Sabotage Rocks British GP

Post by Editor » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:01 am

The leaking of sensitive information from the sacked Nigel Stepney to McLaren's suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan is believed to have been the centrepiece of the saga, but there is more to it than espionage ...

http://www.f1races.in/inside.asp?timest ... 6513746125

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Post by Vincent Biondi » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:14 pm

According to some Italian newspapers, the Mclaren team might be in jeopardy this season.
Wow! What a scandal for F1.
No wonder the Mclaren team was doing so well against Ferrari this year.
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Post by Editor » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:35 pm

Yes that Mr. Nigel Stepney is quite the character and I certainly agree that Mclaren should be thrown out of the sport, banned at the very least. This is not the first time the so called "Working Team" has been caught with their hands in the cookie-jar. I guess that's how they do things there.

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Post by Bryan » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:41 am

A 100 Million US fine.They will not appeal.

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Post by Editor » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:52 pm

Mclaren should have been banned from the remaining races.

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